A method for playing a stand-alone and a bonus casino poker dice having X dice, each of the X dice having F faces with a different symbol thereon so as to form a set {S} of symbols on each of the X dice. The method of the present invention includes the steps of placing a wager; rolling the dice; holding none, any, or all of the rolled dice; ending the casino poker dice game when the dice are all held or when re-rolling occurs Y times; paying any winning combinations of symbols based on the placed wager and in response to the step of ending the game; re-rolling the non-held dice when less than all the X dice are held; and repeating various of these steps until the game ends. Variations on this basic method are set forth for stand-alone games, bonus games, used in conjunction with underlying gaming machines, and playing a bonus game of the present invention in parallel with an underlying game so that a number of hands are played.
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1. A method for a player to play a parallel casino bonus game with an underlying casino game, the casino bonus game having X dice, each of the X dice having F faces with a different symbol thereon so as to form a set {S} of symbols on each of the X dice, said method comprising the steps of: (a) generating random bonus conditions in the underlying casino game, (b) playing a predetermined number Z of hands in response to the generated random bonus condition each of the Z hands comprising the steps of: (i) rolling the X dice in response to a generated random bonus condition, (ii) holding none, any, or all of the rolled dice in response to hold input from the player, (iii) ending the hand when re-rolling occurs Y times, (iv) selecting an entry in a score card having a fixed number E of entries, said selected entry based upon the symbols of the X dice in response to the step of ending the hand, (v) re-rolling the non-held dice when less than all the X dice are held, and (vi) repeating steps (ii) through (v) until the step of ending the hand occurs, (c) ending the parallel casino bonus game when the predetermined number of hands Z occurs, and (d) awarding the player based on the entries in the score card.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of ending occurs when all the dice are held in the step of holding.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of awarding awards the player a payoff based upon a payoff table having a plurality of winning combinations in the rolled dice at the end of the casino bonus game.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein Z=7.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein Z=E.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein Z<E.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein Z>E and wherein the step of selecting is optimal.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the value of Y is randomly selected before the casino bonus game starts.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the value of Y is incremented by a randomly appearing symbol in the underlying casino game.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein the value of Y is controlled by play of the underlying casino game.
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November 9, 2000
October 23, 2001
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